Couch-hammock.



other material.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC E. PALMER, 0F MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE I. E.PALMER (30., OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

COUCH-HAMMOCK.

LQBOAEEH.

Application filed February 18, 1911.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, Isaac E. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Middletown, county of Middlesex, and State of Connecticut,have invented an Improvement in Couch-Hammocks, of which the followingdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to couch hammocks.

In order that the principle thereof may be readily understood, I havedisclosed a single embodiment of the several features of my invention inthe accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of a couchhammock embodying my invention, the suspen sion ends being partiallyomitted; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 1;Fig. 3 is a detail showing the manner of supporting the upstanding edgesintermediate their ends; Fig. 4: is a vertical section taken through oneof the upstanding edges and showing the manner of support ing the same;Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken through one of the end members ofthe frame and showing the manner of detachably securing the hammock bodythereto.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the couch hammock frame ispreferably composed of longitudinal or side mem bers 1 and end ortransverse members 2, preferably detachably secured at the corners intosubstantially rectangular form. The said frame may be provided with anysuitable seating, whether cloth, metallic or Herein I have represented acord or strand seating, which is made in a plurality of parts forconvenience of application but not herein claimed. Preferably I employtwo cords or strands inclicated at 3 and 4. Each cord is secured at oneend to an eye 5 or 6 and is then laced through eyes or openings 7 or 8in the said members 1 0f the frame. Each cord is laced from side to sideas represented in a preferably zigzag manner and at the opposite end ofthe frame is passed through an eye or opening 9 or 10 and then reevedbetween the laced portions of the strands, as represented, back to theeyes or openings 5 and 6 where the ends are secured.

The hammock body in the form of the invention here shown underlies inwhole or Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J one 25, 1912.

Serial No. 609,500.v

in part the frame. If desired, the hammock body may be continuous fromone set of stringing means to the other, being integral or otherwise asdesired. Preferably the hammock body is cut away or removed in whole orin part within the confines of the side and end members of the frame soas to save material and to afford access to the seating and also forsanitary reasons. I have herein represented the hammock body as providedwith suspension ends shown in part at 1111 (Fig. 2), but it is to beunderstood that any suitable suspension means may be provided. Thehammock body is continued beneath the ends 2 of the frame as indicatedat 12 in Fig. 5 and is secured.

in any suitable manner to the frame and preferably to the end members 2thereof. I have herein represented the hammock body as provided withtransverse strips 13 attached to the body by cloth strips 14substantially providing pockets for said strips. Connected to each strip13 by screws 15 are a plurality of metallic hooks 16 extending to theupper side of the end members 2 of the frame as indicated most clearlyin Figs. 1 and 5. These hooks may be readily detached from the frame,thus permitting the entire separation of the hammock body from theframe.

I do not in this application claim the hooks 16 or the like fordetachably connecting the hammock body to the frame, but claim suchmatter in a separate application.

The hammock body is provided with upstanding sides 17 preferably ofcloth or other fibrous material, but which may be made of any suitablesubstance, as, for example, leather or a thin and flexible veneer ofwood or the like, and preferably formed as comparatively narrow strips.These strips are at their ends suitably secured to the suspension ends11 as by lacing 18 engaging gromet eyes 19 in the suspension ends andsaid upstanding sides. Preferably each upstanding side is provided witha relatively heavy strip 20 of wood or metal of substantially the entirelength of the hammock body and secured to said sides by means of clothstrips 21 sewed to the upstanding sides so as to provide pockets for thereception of said strips 20. Said strips 20 serve to stiffen theupstanding sides 17 and to prevent undue sagging thereof as well as tofurnish well defined and substantially rectangular corners at the endsof the frame. So far as other features of the invention are concerned,the strips 20 may or may not be employed.

I do not in this application claim the sides provided with the strips20, as such matter is claimed in a separate application.

In order to prevent sagging of the upstanding sides and for the purposeof attaching said sides to the frame in a preferably removable manner, Ihave provided upstanding members or brackets 22 at suitable points alongthe side members 1. In the present type of the invention, I haverepresented two such members 22 upstanding from each side member 1 ofthe frame. Said brackets are here-in represented as formed of wire bentinto suitable shape and having their ends 23 inserted in a readilyremovable manner into sockets 24 in said side members. The upstandingedges 17 may be attached to said members or brackets in any suitablemanner, as by providing the former with inverted pockets 25, into whichsaid members are adapted to be fitted more or less tightly. If desired,the said upstanding sides may be provided with gromet eyes adjacenttheir lower edges so that they may be attached by lacing or otherwise tothe seating. Thus, the entire hammock body including the suspension endsand upstanding sides and the part underlying or attached to the frame,may be readily detached therefrom and reapplied thereto.

Having thus described one illustrative embodiment of my invention, Idesire it to be understood that although specific terms are employed,they are used in a descriptive and generic sense and not for purposes oflimitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the followingclaims. Claims.

1 A couch hammock comprising in combination a frame, suspension ends andupstanding sides, said frame having substantially vertical stay-membersspaced from the corners, to engage and position said sides.

2. A couch hammock comprising in combination a frame, suspension endsand upstanding sides, said frame having substantially vertical staymembers inserted in frame sockets spaced from the corners, to engage andposition said sides.

3. A couch hammock comprising in combination a frame, composed of endand side members, the upper faces of the latter having sockets spacedfrom their ends, frame suspension ends, upstanding sides, anddetachable, substantially vertical stay-members inserted in saidsockets, to engage and position said sides.

4. A couch hammock comprising in combination a frame having side and endmembers, suspension ends therefor, upstanding sides'attached to saidsuspension ends and provided with pockets intermediate their ends andbrackets extending upward from said frame and received Within saidDockets.

5. A couch hammock comprising in combination a frame, suspension meansand upstanding side strips therefor, and side positioning loopedbrackets socketed into the frame and engaged with said side strips.

6. A couch hammock comprising in combination a frame, suspension meanstherefor, upstanding side strips and detachable bracket connections forand between said side strips and said frame.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ISAAC E. PALMER.

WVitnesses:

FRED. E. FOWLER, CHARLES M. SAUER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained, for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

A Washington, D. O.

